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Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-01-29

Men at first begin to make little; they
find how easy it is; they enlarge their
ambition, and the conception dawns upon
them: why am not one Of those who
are appointed to be millionaires ?" In
the beginning of life few thousands
would have satisfied their ambition. Now
hundreds of thousands seem to them but
a morsel. They grow more and more in
tense. Temptations begin TO fall upon
them. They begin to be tempted to make
fortune quickly. A man who is in
haste to be rich does not reflect that he
shall inevitably fall into harm and de-
struction.
You can no more make money suddenly
and largely and be unharmed by it than o
man could suddenly grow from child's
stature to mans stature without harm.
There is not a gardener who does not
know that plant may grow faster than
it can make wood; that the cellular tissue
may grow faster than the Hgneous con-
solidation, and that then it cannot hold
itself up. And many men grow faster In
riches than they can consolidate. This
alone is a reason why men should not
make money faster than they know how
to organize it, and themselves to it
Henry Ward Beecher in New York World.
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-01-29

of Gentle ladies, connected with city
Christian churches, have arranged 10 secure
an old hospital building. which il is pro-
posed TO convert into refuge for women
desiring TO escape from pOlygamy and re-
nOunce MOrmOniSm. Such a way of escape
for these women is imperative. and anyone
who peremptOrily adjuTes them to come out
from MOrmOnism. without providing a
temporary retreat which will enable them
to consider and adjust themselves TO q new
life. simply does not appreciate the exi-
gsncieS of the case.
Ii should be the determination of every
patriotic American citizen. 10 Illustrate, so
far as in him lies. every effort, made by any
party whatsoever. looking towards the ad-
mission of Utah into the sisterhoOd of states,
so long as the territory stands as the en-
bodiment Of family desecration and high
handed defiance of the laws of God and
man. Ii is TO be hoped that no political
contingency or temptation, however desper-
ate or alluring will be allowed to thus en-
danger the struggling Gentle minority,
whose only protection lies in government
supervision and watch-care.
1t is difficult To draw the line and separate
the deceptive from the superStitiOus classes
in MormOniSm. Instituted by a conscious
and determined impOstOr, the system has
survived the death of almost an entire gen
Grafton of blasphemOuS deceiverS. The af-
fairs of the church are now directed by
body of shrewd middle-aged and young
men, and the rising generation is being
thoroughly indOctrinated in devotion to
MOrmOnism and inyeterate hatred toward
the national government The burning
question is: Can the leaders be restricted.
can the intelligent be shamed, and can the
ignorant be educated out of their errors? A
patriotic optimism, which can look a great
way into the future, will dictate all af-
tirnIative answer.
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-01-29
The KinH Of Cholera

italian papers relate wonderful stories
of Luigi GrazziOtin, Ill re del cholera
the king of cholera), who has just arrived
in Rome, after a weary pilgrimage on foot,
and submitted to the king and the Vene-
tian deputies-his countrymen-his infal-
hble remedy against cholera. Grazziotin
las earned his curious title by his unset
fish devotion to cholera patients, having
accompanied the plague during its prog
ress from Egypt to Spain and Italy, and
fought it everywhere successfully-so the
story goes-with his elixir" compound
as mysterious and infsllibIe as Succi's.
Grazziotin is said to have slept in the same
bed with cholera patients, and to possess
numberless medical and municipal testi-
monials corroborating his wonderful cures.
The papers say that Ill re d'Italia" has
received I'll re del cholera" in q very gra-
cious manner, and promised to interest
the scientific world in his discovery
Boston Transcript.
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-01-29
Talking Across the Continent.

1--WE heard all the stories of long tele-
graph circuits" said a postal telegraph
operator at Buffalo, "and in my time I've
worked some pretty long ones myself, hut
never heard of anything that equaled one
that we had the other afternoon. Our peo-
pie are building line from the terminus of
the Canadian Pacific to Frisco, and i
heard Vice-President Henry Rosener talk.
ing with President Chandler in his office, in
New York city. Mr.. Rosener was at New
Westminster, which is on the Pacific coast
just opposite Vancouver island, so they
were talking across the continent. BY
that route it is about 1900 miles, for
the wire was made up via Buffalo, Toronto,
and the Canadian Pacific. Every few min
utes l could hear Medicine Hat chip in, and
all along the circuit the operators were ON
1t was wonder to everybody, and the in
struments were working as clear as q bell
on that long copper wire. Chicago Times.
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-01-29

The bette noir of women who get into
debt is the ieweler One of these had a
hard battle with an actress recently, in
which he was Cleverly wOrsted. He had
been steadily prevented from making any
seizures because he could not get his
lands on her property. But one day word
vas brought to him that the lady was to
hold a grand ball at her house that even
ing and he determined to catch her at last
On this occasion, thought he, she will GER
tainly wear her jewelry and most expen-
sive dresses and will display all her costly
knick- -knacks about her apartments. One
consideration only made the jeweler's
scheme fail; Knowing his customers, he
saw that it would make him immensely
unpopular if he should interrupt lady
creditor in the midst of her festivities, and
fearing that such an act would drive trade
from his door he made up his mind to
wait till the conclusion of the fete before
entering 10 make the seizure. So he Sc
cured the services of two officers and a
coach and drove to point just across the
road from the actress hotel There he
stopped and waited The night was long
and the dancers in the hotel across the
way never weary. At the time when the
enjoyment was at its height the actress
maid, that never failing cOnspiratOr, be-
gan quietly to remove the precious knick-
knucks and other valuables from the house
b a back door. Morning dawned, and
sun the fete continued. At o'clock,
however, the last guest departed, and the
jeweler, cold, hungry and impatient,
climbed the stairway. He was received
at the door by the actress, who was dressed
in a plain loose robe ther expensive dress
had been spirited away. She said sweetly:
You have come TO make n seizure of per
sonal effects; Very well; am about to
retire, and when have done so you are
welcome to what l have on; but do not
touch anything else, for remember am in
the suite that is rented by third party"
1t was complete. Not a solitary piece OF
seizable property worth taking was left
in the apartments and the jewe4er retired
defeated. Cor. Philadelphia Times
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-01-29
The Decsying House OF Lords.

A striking estimate Of the probable
duration of the existence Of the house Of
lords was given by Lord Napier of Mag
dala to the tallow chambers. As long, 1"
said his lordship, las the house Of lords
numbers among its members such men as
Lord Beaconsfield, Lord Tennyson and
Lord Shaftesbury l believe it will continue
to retain the confidence Of the British
people" As the house no longer numbers
among its members Lord Beaconsfield or
Lord Shaftesbury, it appears that in Lord
Napier's estimation it has already lost
two-thirds of the confidence Of the people,
and if the other third is to be measured by
the attendance of Lord Tennyson, the
light of the house of lords must be waxing
almost as dim as that shed by the tallow
chambers Observation-Disclosures Truth.
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-01-29
Flowers of Norway.

The roofs of many of the houses are
covered with turf for warmth, and you
see upon them frequently quite a garden
of flowers which have sprung up. Some
times there are even small trees Many
Of the flowers in Norway remind one, as
indeed the whole landscape frequently
does, of New England. You see the dan
delion, the buttercup, the gentian and va
rious other familiar flowers in the fields.
In their windows, both in town and
country, the NOrwegians have a wealth
Of flowers that sets you wondering how
they can raise them in such beauty and
profusion. l presume the absence of fur
naces and gas has much to do with their
success as horticulturists.-Col. George
.fIiss in New York Times
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-01-29
A Peculiar Education.

services of thirteen clever boys drawn
from all ranks Of society. These are now
being educated in a most peculiar man
ner for work among the poor of the east
Of London. The boys are taught whist,
billiards, fencing, gymnastics and secrets
Of skilled labor, the dignity of which is
impressed upon them with the necessity Of
helping others less fortunate than them
selves.-New York Sun.
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-01-29
A PLETHORIC BUNDLE.

One day | saw swarthy fellow stop be-
fore half doen barrels grouped on the
Sidew ak before Clinton avenue house. and
aaul forth article after article, among
which were the following: A Turkish rug,
which was not in shreds by any means, and
which undoubtedly saw subsequent service
n the finders bedchamber; an old hat
which was Immediately substituted for a
1ilapidated cap on the finders head; old
shoes, rags and articles Of tin ware, which
were thrust into his roomy bag, aud an ap-
pie and a crust of bread, which, after few
preliminary polishes on milord's soiled coat
sleeves, were ravenously devoured. He
had arrived at tbs spot with bag having
decidedly emaciated appearance, but left
with plethoric bundle under whose weight
he could hardly stagger.
Harvest time with all rag pickers comes
in the spring. For then it is that houses
are cleaned, families move, old carpets are
thrown away, old garments are discarded
and thousands of articles find their way to
the teeming ash barrel. Brooklyn pays about
S65, 900 annually for the removal Of its
ashes, and last year over 260, 900 loads were
carted to the low lots which abound in
South Brooklyn and elsewhere. 1t is near
these dumps in miserable novels, that the
last, but by no means the least, class of this
great family of ragpickers dwell. They are
up betimes in the morning awaiting the ar
rival of the ash carts like as many vultures
would await the coming of prey and no
carriOn crows ever plunged their talons in
the carcass of dead COW with more yorac-
ity than these people settle down TO a frouzy
examination Of the ash heaps. A person
would suppose that little remains IN the
ashes after the rummaging of the Italian
street pickers. But men, women and chill
dren by the hundreds work there with bag
and basket from sunrise 10 sunset. Old
coal scuttles, pots, kettles, pans, broken
crockery, hats, caps, bonnets, cast off gar
ments, feathers, c, al, wood and multitudes
Of similar articles are taken to the finders
shanties and cleared and repaired for per
sonal use. Old metal, rags, paper, bonas,
bottles, tin cans and scraps of tin, hair,
corks, bits of leather and rope are carried
away for assortment and sale.-Brooklyn
Eagle
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-01-29
Hickory Soles.

"What did you have your soles driven
full Of pegs fort" asked a gentleman Of
high kicking friend.
They are not pegs" was the reply.
''They are next thing to wooden soles.
What wood you see on the bottom Of my
foot is hickory driven into wet sole leather.
1t is new device. The object is TO give
durability and warmth. The wear on the
5oles comes upon the end Of the woods
grains as it does upon Nicholson pave
ment, and is therefore slow. ."-Philadel-
phia Times-Star.
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-01-29

The Princess Waldemar, Of Denmark, is
excessively fond Of purple, and she ap-
pears in magnificent costumes Of that
color.
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-01-29
A New T.Iing in Safe Locks.


A new electric Formulation safe lock
has just been patented by Chicagoan,
which differs materially from all other
safe locks in the fact that there is no Ori-
flee to speak of in the door of the safe.
The dial, which is such conspicuous feat
ure On the ordinary safe, has no connec-
ton in this invention, except by electric
wires, with the body of the safe, and may
lie on the cashiers desk or repose securely
in his home, free from any possible vio-
lence of the burglars hammer.
There is, in fact, no limit 10 the dis
tance that may intervene between the dial
and the safe lock, granted that the con
nection is satisfactory and the battery suf-
ficiently strong. A safe might perfectly
well rest in a Chicago Office and only be
opened by means of a dial in New York.
The mechanism is very simple The dial
rests in a magnetic block, from which
wires extend and communicate with mag
nets which set up the tumblers in the
lock, and so permit Of the throwing back
of the bolt bar. This releases spring or
body of compressed air, as the case may
be, which in turn releases the heavy bolt
work The wires penetrate the top plate
of the safe at the jamb of the door and
move in a zig-zag course through the
inner plates to the lock. The wires are
SO small and their course so crooked that,
it is claimed, they cannot be traced by ex
plosives. A current of electricity is OBJ
tanned from several small batteries by
pressing down key on the vulcanite
block that holds the dial The dial, when
not in use, can be detached from the yul-
canite block and carried in the pocket.
The door of a safe whose lock is controlled
by this electric apparatus will present to
the burglar nonsof the spindles which
penetrate the walls of the ordinary safe
and yield so conveniently to the influences
of the blowpipe, but simply knob for
opening the door, which only penetrates
the first plate.-PhilGdelphia Call.
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-01-29
THE RAGpICkERS.
ONE E. JF THE PosULA-
TON Of A GREAT CITY.
Blue Blood Owners of Horses and
Wagons-Aristocrats of the Hand Cart
Rummagers of Morning and Night.
Life Near the Dumps.

Ragpickers form very important ele-
nent of the busy population Of a great city
ike Brooklyn. and a careful observation Of
their methods will reveal some curious and
Interesting facts. They are properly di-
vided into four distinct classes, each having
4 separate field of action and seldom in
tringing upon the territory of the other di- is
Ions of the fraternity The first class, Who
could quite properly be called the upper ten
Of ragpickerdom, includes the itinerant deal
srs who conduct their business by means Of
1ilapidated looking horses and wagons. They
would undoubtedly Indignantly resent their
classification with ordinary ragpickers, but
candOr compels me to name them as such.
They pay an annual license fee Of $3 for the
privilege Of buying the city's rubbish.
They pay a higher price for goods than
the men who propel the handcarts, and fire.
luently hire shops of their own for assort-
ment and storage of their purchases. They
generally carry on thriving business, and
from long experience and acquaintance
know where the choicest rags are found.
They have regular dates for calling on small
tailoring establishments in order to secure
the cuttings and trimmings which are too
small to BE- used by rag manufacturers.
They also get the pickings of small shirt
factories, printing houses, book binderies
and a score of similar establishments.
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-01-29
Three Months i'm Wall Street.

Have things been lively in Wall street
latelyH Listen TO this experience of man
who Oh. Sept. l was dry goods clerk
just back from summer vacation, bank
rupt:
Sept. 1-Took an interest in Wall street.
Oct. borrowed 800 and gave it to a
broker for a flyer"
Nov. 1-Protits of $4,000 Clerkship
resigned. Tape measuring too prosaic for
man of genius.
Nov. 15-Profits amount to $4,000.
Permanent abode taken up in Wall street
Dec. Profits $50, ZOO. 1t is going to
be 800, 900 before Christmas Then specu-
iation will be given uu.
Dec. 10-Brokers want more margin.
Dec. 14-There has been n slump. I'VE
have been obliged to sell you out" Thus
the broker! "YOu owe Us a balance of
about 5000" Thus the broker also.
And this is history.-New York Times.
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-01-29
THE HAND CART ARMY.


The second class comprises the army of
hand cart dealers who can b. seen every
iay pushing their trucks, adorned with
from one to a score of motley shaped, sized
and toned bells, along in front of them
They are avariCiOus in their dealings, man.
age TO live in moderate circumstances, and
are willing TO purchase a number Of articles
which most people classify as rubbish. But
what is rubbish to some PeOple-iron and
other metals, bones and old Irpets and null
titude of similar articles-is thus bought by
the thousands of pounds daily. This class
is always well posted in the tricks of the
trade, and have CERTAIN streets which they
have drummed for years. By long expert
ence they learn which of their customers
will sell his rags at any price, and which
will haggle with them over the last penny.
They often find unexpected treasures in
their purchases, and rarely return anything
valuable that thus comes within their clutch
We now come to the third class of rag
pickers, who are by far the most aggressive
in their methods. | refer to the rummagers
who are abroad early in the morning and
late at night, overhauling our ash cans and
ash barrels. They are mostly Italians, and
carry huge bags and long iron hook, not
unlike stove poker. They are numbered
by the thousands are almost unacquainted
with the laws and customs Of this country,
live in the poorest class of tenements, and
by the most stringent economy and indus
try manage to save up quite respectable
bank accounts. The inborn passions of the
Italian race are but little modified by our
climate, or by contact with our people, and
fatal affrays are Of frequent occurrence
among them They are clannish, preserve
their national customs, subsist ON the cheap
est food and endure privations and hard
ships that would kill nine out of ten of our
native population. This class take every
thing from a barrel that their hooks will
drag forth-old boots, shoes, hats, rags
fragments of carpet, bottles, cOrks, horse
hair, feathers, paper, wood, coal, cigar
stubs-inGeed everything except ashes and
clinkers. Often the barrels of brown stone
fronts yield riSh finds to these delivers
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-01-29

ali cOnsplrt 10 1Orn pSeuQO-rellglOuS eX-
ercise, calculated to inspire the Mormon
masses with more less awe.
Irreyerent Gentiles attended these taber-
nacle services with considerable unregener-
ate interest, in the good old days
when Brigham Young and his
hardened conferes expounded the
pure gospel Of MOrmonism from
its pulpit in language unfit for print, and in
spirit pervaded by treason toward the
government and blasphemy toward God.
Even row the tabernacle discourSes range
in one effort from theology to stOck-raiSing
and from irrigation to baptism.
While at present suffering persecution for
righteousness sake, as the arrested and
imprisoned pOlygamists say. they still Sc
cretly make their boast that in the rural
districts especially. more pOlygamOus mar
riages are being contracted than for some
time past This is known to be particularly
the case in and about Cache county, in the
northern part of the territory.
The municipal affairs of Salt Lake City
are under the control of Mormons, and the
officials from mayor to policemen are Latter
Day Saints. But the United States govern
ment officials, with the moral support
Of the garrison at Fort Douglass, are
endeayoring to keep territorial affairs
approximately in line with American insti-
tutiOns. As already intimated. the much
married MormOns are hiding-nobOdy
knows where. They will probably be able
to hold out for some time so far as finan-
cial pressure is cOncerned-thanks to the
tithes and temple offerings" While the
seal of doom is certainly set upon the dis
tinctive feature of MOrmOnism which
brings it under the ban of the law, still the
extinction of the curse is a problem of great
perplexIty.
One confounding question has been ::
What shall be done with the un-
fortunate women? Happily projecti now
on foot at Salt Lake, which bids fair to help
the solution of this difficulty. A number
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1887-03-24
Matrimonial Agency.

JANSEN & co. .. 8, Station Road, Plaisted, Lon.
don, England. Established to supply Settlers in
the States with the addresses of respectable young
women who are willing to communicate with bona
fde Tradesmen, Farmers, and others desirou 4 of
meeting with useful wives. They will be sup
piled from the Agricultural Districts OF England
ireland, Scotland, and Wales, as well as the Con-
tinent of Europe. Applicants should state their
particular requirements and preferences, enclos-
ing Postal Order for 80 cents. to meet preliminary
expenses. au3dSw
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1887-03-24
NOTICE OF ASSESSMENT.
7 UCKY BAR PLACER MINING CsM.

UCKY BAR PLACER MINING COM.
IL PANY.-Location of principal place Of bust
ness, HALEY, Naturalization of works, Glenn 8
Ferry Idaho.
Notice is hereby given that, st a meeting of the
Board Of Trustees, held on the 2sth day of Feb
ruary. 1887, an assessment mo. 81 of ten cents
(l6c) per shrre was levied upon the capital stoc
Of the corporation, payable Immediately in United
States gold coin, TO the Secretary at the Office of
the company, in the TIMES office, corner of Croy
and Main streets. HALEY, Idaho.
Any stock upon which this assessment shall
remain unpaid on the
50 Sixteenth Day Of March, 1887,
Will be delinquent and advertised for sale at pub
lie auction; and unless payment Ia made before,
will be sold on WEDNESDAY, the 30th day of
March, 1897, TO pay the delinquent ssment, to-
gether with costs of advei tisins and expenses Of
safe.
By order of the Board Of Trustees.
T. L. PICOTTE, Secretary.
once: In the TIMES counting room, corner OF
Main I'D Croy streets. HALEY, Idaho. mi
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1887-03-24
Ranch to Rent.

Ranch on Camas Prairie is for rent for one
year from date.
The said ranch is a timber culture and situate
along Soldier creek, which runs through it. Some
80 of 1t are under Il lawful fence, and so
acres have been cultivated.
The owner will rent it to any Industrious indi-
vidual who will agree to plant 10 acres to trees,
the first thing in the spring, they arrive,
and who will agree to keep the fences up. No
other rent will be charged.
Apply at the TIMES office.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1887-03-24

IHynn u FOR ALL. $40 a week and e1-
tsDtN penses paid. Valuable outfit and
particu free.
nol9w6m P. o. vICKERY, Augusta Ne,
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1887-03-24
The Baxter Hotel, Ketchum.

PAUL P. BAXTER, proprietor, is tho oldest
and best kept hotel on Wood River. The dining
room is the largest in the Territory and the tables
are supplied with every thing the market affords.
The rooms are large, airy and well furnished,
Charges very moderate. This is HOTEL, and
when in Ketchum don't fc1get the fact or the loca
ion Main street. below First National Bank. SGT